ARASHI (嵐 in Kanji, meaning Storm) is a five-member Japaneseboy band. They made their debut on September 15, 1999 in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi on a cruise boat. They come from the famous Johnny's Entertainment production group. Their first single was “A・RA・SHI”. In October 2008 they released the single "Beautiful Days" from a TV drama which stars one member, Kazunari Ninomiya. In November 2008 the song topped music charts in Japan. They appear in Arashi ni Shiyagare. It is very famous TV show. ARASHI have released 39 CDs. 35 of 39 CDs reached first place in Oricon chart. The CD which sold most in the ARASHI is A・RA・SHI of first single. There is 970,000 sales number of that.

Second oldest in the group. The only one in the group that graduated university. He has been in many TV programs as a host, such as ”音楽のチカラ”, etc. He is the rapper in Arashi. He writes his own raps for the songs. He is also a newscaster for the news program News ZERO.

The second youngest of the group. He's a really good actor. Famous for being a 'Brat' in Arashi. He was been in the Hollywood movie 硫黄島からの手紙 directed by Clint Eastwood He can play guitar and make own songs.